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'''Verdurian''' (''soa Sfahe'', "the Speech") is a [[constructed language]] created by Mark Rosenfelder, first published in 1995<ref name="secreth">{{cite web|url=http://www.zompist.com/secreth.htm |title=The Secret History of Verduria|publisher=zompist.com|access-date=2020-12-15|quote=I accumulated a miscellaneous heap of Almean stuff during college [including a] hefty Verdurian grammar and a vocabulary of several thousand words, plus various short documents in Verdurian. . . . After college, in 1984, . . . I typed in the dictionary and rewrote the grammar. . . .}}</ref> and hosted at his website, [[Zompist.com]].  
'''Verdurian''' (''soa Sfahe'', "the Speech") is a [[constructed language]] created by Mark Rosenfelder, first published in 1995 and hosted on Zompist.com. It is spoken in the fictional nation of '''Verduria''' on the planet '''Almea'''. As the most-developed and best-known of Almea's languages, Verdurian is a member of the Cadhinorian branch of the Eastern language family, bearing typological similarities to Indo-European languages on Earth. Derived from the ancient language Cadhinor, it serves as the official language of Verduria, the most economically advanced state on Almea, and several neighboring countries.  


Verdurian is a [[fictional language]], which in Rosenfelder's [[conworld|constructed world]] is spoken in the nation of '''Verduria''', on the planet '''Almea'''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.almeopedia.com/index.php/Main_Page |title=Almeopedia |publisher=Almeopedia.com |date=2014-03-10 |access-date=2015-05-30}}</ref>
In recognition of its detailed and intricate design, Verdurian received a [[Smiley Award]] from David J. Peterson in 2020.
 
Verdurian is the most-developed and best-known of the languages of Almea.


==Phonology and grammar==
==Phonology and grammar==
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